The future of fleet man­age­ment lies beyond the North Amer­i­can bor­ders for many com­pa­nies. When NAFA Fleet Man­age­ment Asso­ci­a­tion began see­ing more and more cor­po­ra­tions extend their fleets across the globe, the asso­ci­a­tion cre­at­ed edu­ca­tion­al ses­sions and sem­i­nars to offer guid­ance. NAFA con­tin­ues its focus on glob­al fleets with the cre­ation of the Association’s Inter­na­tion­al Fleet Acad­e­my.

On Feb­ru­ary 7, NAFA Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Phillip E. Rus­so, CAE signed a three-year agree­ment with fleet solu­tions com­pa­ny FleetVi­sion to have them to take the lead in devel­op­ing con­tent for the new Inter­na­tion­al Fleet Acad­e­my. Extend­ing far beyond the ini­tial scope of NAFA’s inter­na­tion­al sem­i­nars, this new enti­ty will include two dif­fer­ent lev­els of edu­ca­tion: one for the begin­ner and anoth­er for more sea­soned vet­er­ans. FleetVi­sion will also take the lead in sell­ing spon­sor­ships and find­ing speak­ers. The com­pa­ny intends to reach out to the U.S.-based fleet man­age­ment com­pa­nies to help con­tribute to the cur­ricu­lum con­tent and lend exper­tise.

NAFA’s 2013 Inter­na­tion­al Fleet Acad­e­my will take place Octo­ber 21–24 at Loews Ven­tana Canyon Resort in Tuc­son, Ari­zona. Reg­is­tra­tion will open ear­ly this sum­mer.